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Other cookbooks from Herald Press

You can't get much closer to the source of your food than canning or preserving it yourself, and Saving the Seasons shows you how!

Simply in Season Children's Cookbook Helping children make the connection between what they eat and where it comes from—and have fun, too!

More-with-Less Cookbook First published in 1976, this book struck a nerve with its call for every household to help solve the world food crisis. Now with more than 850,000 copies sold, it has become the favorite cookbook of many families.

Living More with Less Ideas and tips for living with less; includes chapters on money, clothing, homes, transportation and travel, celebrations, and recreation.

Extending the Table Recipes from around the world, interspersed with stories about how hospitality is practiced in other countries.

Click here for other Mennonite and Amish cookbooks from Herald Press.

Blogs!

Simply in Season blog by co-author Cathleen Hockman-Wert

Simply Me: A year of eating locally . . . mindfully .. . . simply by Wendy Hammond.

Emily’s Extending The Table Experiment by Emily Showalter.

More-with-Less blog by Valerie Showalter.

Read a story about these bloggers.

Praise for Simply in Season

"What you read here is comes from a voice that is pastoral, not judgmental . . . expect to be lovingly challenged in your decision to eat what is fresh and in season." Graham Kerr, former Galloping Gourmet

" . . . clearly created with enormous love and respect for food and for the earth." Pamela Haines, Friends Journal

" . . . organized in a way that will appeal to cooks who want to use local foods, whether from their own gardens or from roadside markets." Joanne Lehman, Farming Magazine

"This vegetarian/vegan-friendly tome is packed with recipes that are easy enough for most home cooks, even beginners." Kelli Best-Oliver, eatdrinkbetter.com

"Eating seasonally and locally gets easier the more you do it, and if you are equipped with a good resource like Simply in Season . . . the recipes are easy to follow, budget-minded, and don't contain any exotic ingredients." Eatlocalchallenge.com

"A great introduction to seasonal eating." Sustainablekitchen.org

" . . . a valuable resource for learning about nutritious eating." Dana Jackson, The Land Stewardship Letter

"In this era of the 'locavore,' Simply in Season offers creative and nutritious recipes that will inspire experienced cooks and initiate culinary newcomers alike." Lisa Weasel, author of Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food

"This underground bestseller deserves mainstream attention. It's a terrific book for those who wish to cook seasonally using locally grown foods. Most other cookbooks tend to assume you can get corn year round. In this one, it's a summer crop. All the recipes speak directly to the season in which we can buy, or better still, grow them." Anita Stewart, author of Anita Stewart's Canada: The Food, The Recipes, The Stories

"An essential kitchen companion for all of us who love to get our food from our own backyard, local CSA or farmers market—and always need new ideas. This is a book I will turn to over and over again. They've put the recipes in the most organized, easy-to-use cookbook I've seen." Catherine Walthers, author of Raising the Salad Bar and Greens, Glorious Greens

"[Simply in Season] is more than recipes. It’s part mystic, part activist and part gourmand." Rebecca Sodergren, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"I’ve tried a few cookbooks that were advertised as ‘seasonal,’ but the only one to live up to its cover blurb has been Simply in Season." Green Living Ottawa